Wisconsin graduation gap between white and black is largest in U.S. - Scientist blame the Negro Stupid Gene

The gap in the rate of black students and white students who graduate from Wisconsin schools has grown to the largest in the country, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Education.

The data released this week shows the gap widened slightly for the 2013-2014 school year, the most recent year for which data is available. Wisconsin's overall graduation rate for that year rose by more than half a percentage point to 88.6 percent.

But the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported the graduation rate for black students held steady at 66.1 percent, while the graduation rate for white students rose to 92.9 percent — widening the gap to more than 26.8 percentage points.

The Department of Education data shows 36 states saw increases in overall graduation rates when compared with the 2012-2013 school year, six saw decreases and eight were unchanged.

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